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Meritas is the 2015 sponsor for ACC's Small Law Department Committee. Nicolle Schippers, the Past Chair, was awarded 2013 Committee Member of the Year. Meritas was also chosen as the 2013 Committee Sponsor of the Year.

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The Small Law Department Committee develops and explores ways that lawyers in small law departments and generalists in larger departments can best provide legal services to their corporate clients. The committee provides numerous practical resources, including best practices and sample policies.

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A summary of the Virtual Roundtable on Contracting Processes that was held on January 29th, 2015 by the Small Law Department Committee is available now. Panelists described contract negotiation playbooks, contract management software, personnel vs. volume and many more subjects.

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Upcoming Meetings

Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 3:00 PM ET, 7:00 PM GMT

Includes an online presentation

This QuickHit will provide an overview of effective negotiating strategies frequently used to negotiate office and retail leases. The QuickHit will provide helpful tips and identify potential pitfalls in connection with many commonly negotiated lease topics such as tenancy build-out, common area maintenance expenses, defaults and remedies, term extensions, early termination options, and lease expansion and reduction options. Tirso M. Carreja, Jr., Partner, Shutts & Bowen LLP

Includes an online presentation

This program will identify and explain the issues that are most likely to cause problems for a lean company involved in importing and how to most effectively address such issues. If you and your team have a limited amount of time to dedicate to import compliance, these are the issues which should be at the top of the list when allocating your attention and resources. Among the topics covered will be failure to declare dutiable assists, misclassification, antidumping, incorrect country of origin marking and failure to properly make NAFTA or other FTA origination determinations. In addition, the various types of communications importers receive from U.S Customs and Border Protection will be identified and the consequences of each discussed so that in house counsel can determine which communications can be dealt with routinely and which indicate serious problems. This is part 1 of a 2 part series on import and export compliance. Part 2 will be held on June 11, 2015. Brian Walsh, Partner, Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, LLP

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As social media use in the workplace continues to increase, it should come as no surprise that employers are increasingly disciplining employees for their social media activity. Because social media ...